Bernard Hamilton Sr., 67, of Broadway, Sleightsburg, died at his home Wednesday following a long illness. Born in the Town of Olive, he was the son of the late Walter and Harriet Ecker Hamilton. He had lived in Sleightsburg for the past 18 years. A retired shipping clerk, he had been employed by Everett and Treadwell. Surviving are his wife, the former Orpha Every; six sons, Bernard of Sawkill, Reginald of Mt. Marion, Claude of Goshen, Robert, serving with the U. S. Navy, Walter of Sleightsburg and Ronald Hamilton of Washingtonville; five daughters, Mrs. Olive Bogart and Mrs. Albert Vedder of Kingston, Thelma Hamilton of Sleightsburg, Mrs. Martin Solomon of West Point and Mrs. Robert Sandy of Highland; a sister Mrs. John Capps of Phoenicia; 23 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Henry J. Bruck Funeral Home, 27 Smith Avenue, Saturday 2 p. m. The Rev. Ralph E. Hughes, pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the Riverview Cemetery, Port Ewen.
Bernard Hamilton Sr., 67, of Broadway, Sleightsburg, died at his home Wednesday following a long illness. Born in the Town of Olive, he was the son of the late Walter and Harriet Ecker Hamilton. He had lived in Sleightsburg for the past 18 years. A retired shipping clerk, he had been employed by Everett and Treadwell. Surviving are his wife, the former Orpha Every; six sons, Bernard of Sawkill, Reginald of Mt. Marion, Claude of Goshen, Robert, serving with the U. S. Navy, Walter of Sleightsburg and Ronald Hamilton of Washingtonville; five daughters, Mrs. Olive Bogart and Mrs. Albert Vedder of Kingston, Thelma Hamilton of Sleightsburg, Mrs. Martin Solomon of West Point and Mrs. Robert Sandy of Highland; a sister Mrs. John Capps of Phoenicia; 23 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Henry J. Bruck Funeral Home, 27 Smith Avenue, Saturday 2 p. m. The Rev. Ralph E. Hughes, pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the Riverview Cemetery, Port Ewen.
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